Chapter 4104: Taoist Seal of Immortal Suppression

A streak of green light flew from a distance across an endless expanse of black sea. With a flash, it stopped above a desolate island. As the light receded, a shimmering green flying boat was revealed.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood on the green flying boat. Wang Changsheng's complexion was rosy; he had used Nine-Colored Immortal Water to heal his injuries and had recovered quickly.

Wang Changsheng conjured a spell, and the green flying boat landed in a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. The valley was overgrown with weeds, and at its end was a cave several zhang in size.

He put away the green flying boat and released Wang Tun Tian, Wang Lin, and Wang Yang, giving them a set of formation tools and instructing them to set up a formation. They entered the cave and soon reached its end, where a cave chamber about an acre in size came into view.

Wang Changsheng raised his right hand, and a blue and red spherical object flew out—it was the Glazed Ice Flame, currently refining a second-tier immortal flame. He then flipped his right hand, and a red storage bracelet appeared in his palm.

With a gentle flick of his wrist, a swath of red light swept across, revealing a large pile of items on the ground. Wang Changsheng's gaze fell on a golden jade stone. He picked it up and examined it carefully, confirming with a joyous laugh that it was indeed a Source Item.

Wang Changsheng was filled with surprise and joy; he had not expected to obtain a Source Item by killing a late-stage Golden Immortal cultivator. With it, Wang Ruyan could now cultivate the Dao technique, Soul Suppression Melody.

The haul included seven mid-grade immortal artifacts, over a million immortal essence stones, and hundreds of chaos beast cores, most of which were from Golden Immortal-stage chaos beasts. There were also eight mutated six-colored cores, one mutated seven-colored core, and fifty hides from Golden Immortal-stage chaos beasts.

Given that this person had mastered Dao techniques and possessed extraordinary strength, it was not surprising they carried so many valuables. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan each picked up a jade slip and immersed their divine sense into it to examine the contents. After reading all the jade slips, they had a sudden realization.

This person had visited the Qiankun Ruins for treasure hunting and had been active in Xuancheng, a city under Tianming City's jurisdiction. The jade slips contained a wealth of information about the cities and chaos beast tribes under Tianming City, as well as a route map to enter the Qiankun Ruins.

"The Dao technique: Immortal Suppression Seal!"

Wang Changsheng took a deep breath, holding a red jade slip in his hand.

The Immortal Suppression Seal comprises five seals, each corresponding to one of the Five Elements. When condensed, a seal can harness the power of heaven and earth to attack and subdue enemies. The jade slip, however, only contained the cultivation method for the Earth Seal. The challenging aspect was that, aside from a Source Item, a cultivator needed to possess a Five-Element Spiritual Physique to practice the Dao technique Immortal Suppression Seal.

The red-robed elder possessed a Five-Element Spiritual Physique, evident from his use of the Five-Element Armor divine ability, which allowed him to cultivate this Dao technique. The jade slip also mentioned that even acquired Five-Element Spiritual Physiques, not just innate ones, could cultivate the Dao technique Immortal Suppression Seal.

Wang Ruyan exclaimed in surprise, "A single Earth Seal already possesses such formidable power; imagine if all five seals were mastered!"

Wang Changsheng said, "The power of a Dao technique is highly dependent on one's immortal essence. If I were a late-stage Golden Immortal, I wouldn't have been injured."

"If I also mastered a Dao technique, you wouldn't have struggled so much, husband," Wang Ruyan said.

Wang Changsheng nodded and said, "He possessed an innate Five-Element Spiritual Physique. According to the jade slip, by refining high-grade Five-Element treasures or consuming special immortal pills, there's a chance to cultivate a Five-Element Spiritual Physique."

Cultivators can refine rare materials and treasures to cultivate an acquired spiritual physique, as Wang Qingshan did. However, the specific type of spiritual physique formed is somewhat related to the refined materials and treasures, and success is not guaranteed.

Wang Ruyan raised her right hand, and a white storage bracelet appeared. With a gentle flick of her wrist, a swath of white light swept across, revealing a large pile of items on the ground.

Among the items were a damaged high-grade immortal artifact, the Qianyu Shield, over 300,000 immortal essence stones, three mid-grade immortal artifacts, and over a thousand chaos beast cores. Most of the cores were from True Immortal-stage beasts, with several dozen from Golden Immortal-stage chaos beasts, five of which were six-colored. There were no mutated cores among them.

There were also many refining materials: two Nine-Yang Divine Crystals and one Thunder Amber Crystal.

Additionally, there were some immortal herbs and immortal woods. Wang Ruyan found materials for crafting second-tier immortal talismans.

The strength of both individuals was considerable, especially that of the red-robed elder. Fortunately, he had only mastered one seal; if he had mastered a few more, Wang Changsheng would have been lucky to escape.

Wang Ruyan took out the Nascent Soul of the white-dressed young woman. The Nascent Soul pleaded for mercy, admitting she had been blind not to recognize their eminence and offering to serve them if spared.

Having painstakingly cultivated to the Golden Immortal stage, she naturally did not want to perish then.

Wang Ruyan ignored her, and a black light emerged from her palm, enveloping the miniature Nascent Soul.

The miniature Nascent Soul let out an extremely painful shriek, then disintegrated into specks of spiritual light. "The Ice Snow Fairy," Wang Ruyan murmured to herself, "a sword cultivator, who had fully mastered her law."

The white-dressed young woman, known as the Ice Snow Fairy, was a sword cultivator. She had spent over nine million years cultivating her law to full mastery, making her superior among cultivators of her peer. She had frequently killed others for their treasures, and with her fully mastered law, few Golden Immortal cultivators could rival her.

In her early years, she discovered an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling, where she obtained a Qianyu Shield and a large amount of cultivation resources. This allowed her to dedicate significant time to cultivating her law.

Her Law Tree stopped growing at seventy-nine zhang. She then spent over five million years comprehending the law, and only after that did her Law Tree finally grow from seventy-nine to eighty zhang.

Everyone has their own opportunities. The red-robed elder had obtained a soul-type defensive immortal artifact and the Dao technique Immortal Suppression Seal. Unfortunately, that soul immortal artifact was severely damaged and destroyed.

Qing Xuan's voice rang out, "That Qianyu Shield had a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure refined into it, making it superior to ordinary high-grade defensive immortal artifacts. No wonder she dared to follow you; if you hadn't mastered the Marrow Melting Art and soul laws, you might not have been able to kill her."

Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised to hear that a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure had been refined into it.

While both were high-grade immortal artifacts, one that had a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure refined into it was naturally superior.

He flicked his sleeve, and the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron flew out, landing on the ground. Qing Xuan emerged from within the cauldron, picked up the Qianyu Shield, and examined it carefully.

"It indeed has a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure refined into it, likely a damaged one," Qing Xuan said with a hint of regret in his tone. "It's exceptionally difficult to upgrade its grade. The last damaged Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure I consumed was similar."

When an immortal artifact has a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure refined into it, its growth potential is significant, but the difficulty of upgrading it also increases.

Wang Changsheng asked curiously, "Are you saying it's difficult to upgrade the grade of an immortal artifact if a damaged Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure is refined into it, but easier if an undamaged one is used?"

"Let me put it this way," Qing Xuan explained. "Assume the difficulty for an ordinary mid-grade immortal artifact to advance to a high-grade immortal artifact is one. For a mid-grade immortal artifact with a Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure refined into it, the difficulty to advance to a high-grade immortal artifact is five. If a damaged Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure is refined, the difficulty is nine. This is also what makes immortal artifacts with Primal Chaos Spirit Treasures refined into them so precious."

Wang Changsheng suddenly understood. "In that case," he said, "the value of this Qianyu Shield truly isn't comparable to an ordinary high-grade immortal artifact." Qing Xuan then said, "Didn't you obtain an intact Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure? You can try to use it for refining; whether you succeed or not is up to you." She then looked at Wang Ruyan and continued, "Now that you've cultivated the Dao technique, your strength should increase significantly."

Wang Ruyan nodded. After exchanging a few casual remarks, Qing Xuan returned to the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron.

Wang Changsheng put away the items on the ground, carved out an independent stone chamber, and entered it. He took out his refining materials and began refining. He wanted to try refining the Primal Chaos Spirit Treasure into the Sea Stabilizing Pearl, knowing that with the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron present, he could restore the materials if the refining failed.